Coin controlled apparatus



H. F. PINKENBURG G01N.v CONTROLLED APARATUs Filed Deo. 17, 1932 2 sheets-sheet 1 am 21, 1936. H. F. PINKENBURG COIN CONVTRQLLED PPARATUS Filed Deo. 17., 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 2l, 1936 UNITED STATES COIN CONTROLLED APPARATUS Heinrich F. Pinkenburg, Newtown Square, Pa., assgnor to Joseph G. Denny, Jr.

Appiication December 17, 1932, Serial No. 647,803

7 Claims.

My invention is designed to provide an improved coin-controlled apparatus that may be advantageously adapted for use in cooperation with any kind of vending machine.

It is a primary object of my invention to provide an improved apparatus of this character which is of a simple and durable structure, inexpensive to manufacture and so constructed and arranged as to assure always positive and effective operation under the control of a coin or coins of predetermined value.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved coin receiving mechanism especially adapted for use in connection with the feeding or dispensing mechanism of a vending machine, and

which will so control the latter as to prevent operation without using the proper coin or coins.

Another object of this invention is to provide a coin controlled apparatus of the type stated, having means whereby various coin arrangements may -be effected so that newspapers, periodicals and various kinds of articles of different values may be dispensed, as for example, Sunday and daily newspapers.

Another object of this invention is to so construct this coin-controlled mechanism that, if more than one coin is to be inserted, the device will not operate until the proper number of coins are put in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the type stated, having means for assuring perfect registering alignment of the coin or coins receiving slots and slotways, and other means for permitting the insertion thereinto of coins of a predetermined value only. A still further object of my invention is to so construct this apparatus that it will be very compact in its construction and very easy, simple and quick to adjust to receive coins of dilerent values. It is with such objects and purposes as these that my invention is concerned, although, as will appear from the specification, drawings and claims, numerous other advantages are also in contemplation'.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention, the casing not being shown;

Figure 2 is a front view of the invention;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the mechanism comprised in my invention, and

i Figure 4 also is a perspective view of a portion of the mechanism comprised in my invention.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The apparatus described here may be mounted on the inside of a vending machine or may be enclosed in a separate casing and attached to the outside of any vending machine.

However in the drawings, the housing of the vending machine I, the shaft 2, and the sprocket 3, comprising a member of the mechanism of a vending machine, constitute the frame of the apparatus.

Onto the sprocket 3, which constitutes a member of the vending machine mechanism, is mount- 5 ed the stop lug 4, held in place by screws 5. Secured to the front side of said stop lug 4, are two angle pieces 6, which are held in place by screws 'I and dowels 8 and form the slotway 9.

A spacer I0 is provided to permit the assembly of 1l', the two angle pieces 6 and the spacer I0 before putting them into the final position.

To control the movement of the stop lug 4, there is provided a pawl II, which is pivotally mounted at I2 upon the fixed pivot pin I3. An extension 15 I4 is secured to and projects laterally from the pawl II, and is to serve in a manner soon to be described.

An adjustable lever I5 is pivoted at I6 upon the shaft 2, and is held against sideward motion 20 by the plate Il, which is secured to the housing I by the screws I 8. Secured to the adjustable lever I5 are the coin seats I9 and 2, and coin slots 2I and 22 of different sizes are cut through the lever I5.

In the operation of my invention, one, for example, desiring to purchase a daily newspaper sold for two cents and being vended from the machine of which the wall I forms a part, would insert the proper coins 23 and 24 into the slot 25 3o in the wall I from whence they would pass through the slot 2| and be guided down by the guide 26 into the slotway 9. There the coin 23 will rest on the seat 2B at 2l', and the coin 24 will rest on top of coin 23. The purchaser grasping the handle 35 28 would apply a foreward movement to the coins 23 and 24, which now form a unit with the angle pieces 6, the stop lug 4, the sprocket 3, the shaft 2 and the handle 28. The coin 24 extending from the slotway 9 would engage the extension I 4 se- 40 cured to the pawl II. The pawl II would be thereby lifted and release the stop lug 4 at 23. The movement of the vending machine member can now be continued and, after completing the necessary movement, either full turn or back and 45 fore motion, the stop lug 4 will be resting against the pawl II at 30; said portion 30 of the pawl Il, serving at the same time as a stop to limit backward motion of the handle 28 and as a means to provide perfect registering alignment between 50 slots and slot ways. The customer can also buy a daily newspaper for five cents while the apparatus is adjusted for two cents. The five cent piece 3I will rest on the seat I9 at 32, after being inserted through the slot 2| into the slotway 55 ,9 and will extend thereout to the same height as the one cent piece 24, as can be seen in Fig. 2. The purchaser can now proceed in the manner described before.

It will be seen that upon the movement of the 60 3 andfholding inpredeterminedpositions the lever i f f, y. 'tivelypositionone offsaidslotsinregistrationwith customerw'illjnow insert a ten centpieceV 1 of said'stops in'the'path'of'a 'coinpassingthrough rsaidguide. j; f f

n 1 fIt is to be understoodthat theform of my inf slotway 9, the coins will always be taken offltheir seat Vand will drop out through the bottom into a receptacle to be provided below. The 'apparatus may be provided with seats and l5 lslots"iormanydifferent coins and can b e 'quickly adjusted. For example, I will now describe the changing of the mechanism from a two or ve cent daily newspaperV adjustmentto aten cent Sunday newspaper adjustment.V

aboutits pivot at IE until the slotf22, whichis of a size to take tenVv cent pieces only, "is aligned with theslotway 9 and the coin vseat20,`being' se Y @cured to the Vadjustable lever I5, will Valsorbe l5. move d into position to serve as a seat fora ten V'centpiece.f Y'llo-assure a perfectregistering align- The caretaker turns the adjustablef'lever I5.

' nation with a movablefshaft and-a detent'conf I trollingthe movement of said shaft of a. member having thereon spaced devices for engaging the 'faceslof coins and a member containing a plurality of coin slots of "dilerent'sizes .thereon a r'plurality` of coin stops for the engagement of the edges of coins at different positionsY along their paths of movement along said devices, said second'named member being adjustablerelatively tothe other member Yto selectively position onej of said coin'rslots in registration /with the space'between said'devices and to selectively po-V sition a'complementary coin stop inthe path oi coins passing along said devices. Y

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vv:said shaft and a member forming acoin'passage.

of Va member containing a;plur alityj of coini slots of :dii'erentjsizes :andf having thereon a plurality' ins Vof dierent'values'.

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Y that various 'changes relative Yto the material; size,

to without'departing from the spirit ofthe inven Ationjoi" vthescope of the subjoined claims. 1 Having described my imfention', I claim;

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